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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1876-06-17

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1876-06-17 page 1

COLTJMBTIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1876. yon xxxyn. NO. 141. SliBEHT & ULILY. ; Blank BookManufacturers. Printers, Binders, Sti tiongrs And Legal Blank Publisher. BOOK BINDING Cf gtbj ' description, by the Edition or ' single Volume. r UPEIU HOUSE BUIXMHe, I' P . C. (Up Stairs.) ';. Ohio Merchant Tailoring Co., I AMD DSALBRS IN Gents' Fine Furnishing Goods, No. 163 SOUTH HlfiU ST., (Opera House Block), COLUMBUS, 0. H. W JNO. RICH, Supt. and Treaa. STIM30N, Foreman. myl ly Office: Hitch. Pearl anil Chapel Sis. 3. M. COMI.Y. ' A. W. FBANCWCO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, PUBLISH CHS AND PROPRIKTOBS. JAMES M. COMLY. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY Biting baromtter; cooler wetlerly windi; partly cloudy and clear weather. Sketch of General Hayes. Rutherford Birchard Hayea was bora in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Hia parents, Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birchard, were natives of Windham county, Vermont, and emigrated to Ohio in 1817. His first American ancestor of the name of Hayes was George Hayes, a Scotchman, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut, about 1680. His mother was descended from John Birchard, who came oyer with his father's family from England in 1635, and became one of the principal proprietors and settlers of Norwich, Connecticut. Three of lis great grandfathers, Daniel Austin, Israel Smith and Elias Birchard, were members of the revolutionary aimy, the latter dying during his term of service. In 1842 R. B. Hayes graduated at Ken-yon college with the firBt honors of his class, of which he was the youngest member, and during the same year he began the study of law with Thomas Sparrow, Eq., atColumbiiB. In 1845 he graduated at the Law School of Harvard Uni-Yereity, was admitted to the bar at Marietta, and began the practice of his profession at Fremont, Ohio, in partnership with General Ralph P. Buckland. In 1849 he removed to Cincinnati, and in 1852 was married to Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb and Maria Cook, of Chillicothe. In 1800 ne was nominated for Judge of Common Pleas, but declined the nomination. In 1858, the office of City Solicitor becoming vacant by the death of Judge Hart, he was unexpectedly elected by the City Council to fill the vacancy, and in 1859 was re-elected by the people for a full term, running over five hundred yotea ahead of bis ticket. He held this office until the spring of 1861, discharging its duties, as a local journal stated, "so as even to extort the highest praise from his political antagonists." At this period Mr. Hayes was consider-eredoneot the most bril'iant young law-vers at the Cincinnati bar. He distin guished himself as counsel in Beveral of ll. mn.t nnlnWe fniritive Blave Cf.Sifl of that day, as well as in other cases, and was particularly distinguished in the widely known James Summers murder case, which was taken to the Supreme Court. Thomas Ewing sr. pronounced Hayes's opening the best first speech he bad ever heard. As eariy as 1856 Mr. Hayes was named in connection with Congressional honors, but declined to allow the use of his name in that connection successively in 1858, 1860 and 1862, although he could have received the nomination each year. When the rebellion broke out, Hayes, M original Republican, attached himself to the Union cause, at once. At the fieBt war meeting in Cincinnati he wrote and reported the resolutions which were adopted, and which expressed the higheBt determination to uphold the Government. He and Judge Mathews then raised two regiments. The 23d Ohio went into service with W. S. Rosecrans as Colonel, Stanley Mathews as Lieutenant Colonel, and R. B. Hayes as Major, Rosecrans was alterwara Bucceeaea in me cuuiumuu of the regiment by Colonel Scammon. The regiment arrived at Clarksburg, West Virginia, on the 27th of July, 1861, and spent the remainder of the year in arduous campaigning under General Rosecrans, upon whose staff Majqr Hayes served for a time as Judge Advocate. At the battle of Carnifax Ferry he was sent to threaten the rebel flank and rear, which he did so successfully as to materially hasten the enemy's retreat. MBjor Hayes, being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the command of the 23d, scouted over a large circle of mountainous country during the ensuing spring, at one time meeting with a narrow escape from death by an r ambush of bushwhackers. In May, 1862, he made a brilliant and successful dash on Princeton. At Giles C. H. he was attacked by a greatly superior force, but by withdrawing his cavalry and artillery alternately kept the enemy at bay. His kill and coolness elicited the cheers of hie men, and engendered a belief among the enemy that reinforcements were com. ing. He received a severe contusion from a shell, but remained on duty. In August his regiment was ordered to join the army of the Potomac, and on the ISth of September, at the battle of South Mountain (immediately preceding An-tietam) the 23d, under Lieutenant Colonel Hayes, was the first infantry engaged. The fight was hot, and in a few minutes one hundred men and officers of the 23d were wounded and forty-tight killed. Colonel Hayes had an arm broken and lay upon the field disabled by the severity of his wound: but mistaking a flank movement for a retreat, he hur ried again to the line of battle, and in pile of bis wound exerted himself in rallying and encouraging hie man until carried to the rear overcome with pain and exhaustion. General Cox, in his reports' made special mention of th gallantry of Colonel Hayes. Being promoted to Colonel of the 23d, Colonel Hayes wai assigned to the command of the Kanawha division, and bore an important part in the campaigns of Rosecrans, McClellan and Sheridan. Colonel Hayes entered aa Major of the 23d Ohio, and commanded the first brigade over two years, leading it in numerous arduous expeditions in West Virginia. In 1864, General Crook's forceB, including the brigade of Colonel Hayes, went directly to the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. The march was one of extreme difficulties and hardships. On the 9th of May, Colonel Hayea made a vigorous assault on a strong position on Lloyd mountain, and carried it. The enemy was reinforced, and made a second and a third attempt to beat back the assailants, losing largely, and the struggle at this point was desperate.It was the intention, when this sketch was begun, to speak of General Hayes's military career at length, but under present exigencies of time and space it is impossible to do justice to the mass of material before us. His military service was active and effective, and characterized by a coolness and gallantry that frequently proved of great moment to the cause. We pass over , particulars and come to generalization. Colonel Hayea was promoted to Brigadier General "for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, FiBher's Hill and Cedar Creek," to take rank from October 19, 1864, and was breveted Major General "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaign of 1864 in West Virginia, and particularly in the battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek." Prior to these promotions he had commanded a Brigade as Colonel for over two years, and he was now commanding a Division. In the course of his arduous services four horses had been shot under him, and he had been wound ed four times, rlis advancement was never sought, and did not come until long alter it had been fully earned. Of his military character one who served with him in nearly all his campaigns has written as follows : "General Hayes was one of the most gallant Boidiers that ever drew BWord. More than four years' service in the same command gave the writer ample opportunity to know that no braver or more dashing and enterprising commander gave his services to the Republic than General Hayes. He was the idol of hia command. No soldier ever doubted where he led." Another, who was associated with him in the army, speaking of his military traits says: "He proved himBelf otonly a gallant soldier, but a model officer. We had opportunities of close observation of him in Virginia, and fourd him cool, self-possessed, and aa thorough in the discharge of his duties as he was gallant in action. There is probably no position that so thoroughly tries the gentleman as that of an officer in time of war. The despotic power suddenly placed in his hands calls for the higher attributes of manhood to preserve its possessor from nlniKj. To his interiors in rank General Hayes was ever kind, patient and considerate. He was in the finest sense of the term the soldiers' friend." To this it might be added that, as an officer, he was noted not only for Btript loyalty to his su periors, out lor gananiry in Dattie ana at the University oi Vermont, he being connected with thelolaas of 1842. He entered a lawyer's qfice and completed the seven years itudjk then, required before admitted to the Wr, and began the practice ef his profefcion in Franklin oounty. He had been practicing but a few years when he was elected te the office of Dis trict Attorney in Frartdin county, the election being the firstibeld under the new Constitution. At fhe close of his term of office he was ehcted to the Assembly. A re-election tt the Assembly followed, and for a time fir. Wheeler retired from publio life. e became first the Cashier of his local blnk, a position be held for fourteen years and at a later date became President of ye Ogdensburg and RoUBe'a Point railroadcontinuing in the supervision of the rotrl for eleven years. With the rest of ns party he passed into Republicanism, and reached the State Senate in January 1858, to take his Beat in the first Legislatuie fully controlled by the Republican party. Robert Campbell, a Republican, waB at the time Lieutenant Governor, and Mr. Wheeler was elected President' pro tern. Through tko sessions of 1858 and 1859 Mr. Wheeleriserved in the State Senate, and in the tail of the last named year he was elected to a seat in the Thirtvseventh Congress, I In April, 1867, Mr. Wheeler viae elected to the Constitutional Convention, which met in June, when he became Its Chairman. ( The fall after the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention Mr.lWheeler was nominated for Congress in tne Seventeenth District, Franklin and $t. Lawrence counties, and elected to th Forty-first Congress, in which he took his seat in the March following. He waaelected to the ensuing Congress, in 187), with little opposition. Including the present and still unexpired session, Mr. Wheeler has tlnrefnre had over Beven years continuous lervice in Congress, beginning March 4, 1(69, an unusually long term ot service, PERSONS AND THINGS. BY TELEGRAPH TO TEE OHIO STATE JOURNAL THE CONVENTION. Graphic Descriptions of Scenes at Cincinnati. The Critical Points in the Conflict of Yesterday. General Rejoicing Oyer Nomination. tb,e Interviews with Carl Schurz and George William Curtis. Ratifications at Various in file Country. Points Miscellaneous Notes from the Queen City. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cincinnati, June 16. The National Convention, after a continuous session of nearly nine hourB, concluded this morning a grand day's work for the Republican party and the country. When the presiding officer took the chair at half-past ten, the vast building was filled throughout. Balloting for President began soon after 11 o'clock, and its progress waB watched with intense eagerness. alacrity in the discharge ofevery duty, however perilous or arduous. How he was esteemed by his troops In shown by the proceedings of a meeting held by them on the 20th of April, 1805. At this time the fighting in the Valley was over and an expedition was being organized, about ten thousand strong, to move against Lynchburg. General Hayes had been selected to command this expedition, which was intended as one of several co-operative movements against General Lee'B rear, but was rendered unnecessary by his surrender. Anticipating the separation from them of their old commander the Ohio Kanawhas and all other Ohio men in the Valley, without bis knowledge, held a meeting at Winchester on the date already given, and unan-imniii.lv adopted the following : "Resolved. That General Hayes, in ad dition to Doaaessing the ability and states' munshin neceaaarv to qualify him in an eminent degree for Chief Magistrate of the great State of Ohio, is a soldier unsurpassed for patriotism and bravery, he having served four years in the army, earning his promotion from Major in one of the Ohio regiments to his present n.itinn. r: ., ,,, o j In looa, me Kepuoucaae oi im;nwuuu district of Cincinnati nominated General Hayes for CongresB, but he declined to leave the army to make the canvass. Nevertheless, he was elected by 2056 ma-iriiT. In Congress, his industry, sound judgment and fidelity to the interests of his constituent were uui,3vuuud, uu gave him a position of great prominence and influence. He was regarded in Washington and Ohio as one of the ablest and best members on the floor, A newspaper writer thus described himi "Mr. Hayes is a good-sized,well-formed man. He is every way well made, has a handsome head on a rather handsome body, and a face which would introduce him favorably anywhere, His complexion is light, skin florid, temperament composed of the vital motive and mental in almost egual proportions. He is neither too fast nor too slow, excitable or sluggish, but he is at once sufficiently energetic, original, comprehensive, dignified and resolute. He is more profound than showy, and has more application than versatility. In 1867, General Hayes became the Republican candidate for Governor, and defeated Allen G. Thurman. A great array of speaking talent was brought against him in the campaign, one of the main questions being an amendment of the State Constitution extending suffrage to the colored people. His administration of the office of Governor was able and popular, and in, 1869 he was again elected, defeating George H. Pendleton. In January, 1872, at the expiration of his second term aa Governor, he returned to Cincinnati. He declined to allow the use of his name in connection with the United States Senatorahip that year. He was again nominated for Congress in Cincinnati, but although he ran largely ahead of his ticket, the Democracy carried Hamilton county by 5000, and he was defeated. There was a majority of 1502 votes against him, but he was the only candidate for Congress in Ohio who received more votes than Gen eral Grant. In March. 1873, Governer Hayes de clined an appointment to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Cincinnati, and shortly afterward removed to his old home at Fremont, and resumed his residence there. The memorable campaign of last year, in which General Hayea waa re-elected Governor, our William Allen, is still fresh in the minds of the people. The last Republican State Convention presented him as a man eminently fit to be President of the United States, and the representatives of the Republicans of the Union have enthusiastically ratified the choice. Sketch ot William A. Wheeler. William A. Wheeler, of New York, the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, was born June 8, 1819, in Malone, within the county which be bae since represented in both branches of his State Legislature, in a Constitution-al Convention, and in the Lower House at Washington. He is now in his fifty-seventh year. He received a common school and academic education in his native town, which was followed by a course Commodore Vanderbilt's health continues to improve. Flies have begun to come down todin-ner at the sound of the gong. I Ex-Kino George, of Hanover.jhas been made a general in the British army. Mr. Sothern has resigned the aan- agementof the Haymarket Theater, lon-den.Why may a tipsy man fall into the liv-with impunity? Because he woa't drown as long as bis head swims. . j How melancholy the moon must feel when it has enjoyed the fullness of pros perity, and gets reduced to its last quar ter. I Mr. John E. Owens, the comedian. has gone to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, where he will spend a portion of the summer. Ex-Gov. Bullock, of Massachusetts, and Prof. Walker, of Yale College, are among those suggested for the vacant Presidency of Amherst College. An economical Western editor refuses to go to the musical part of the Centen nial RvtiihttioM to.u. U- a Thottiaa poncert in his back yard every night. The late President Stearns of Amherst College had prepared his fiirewell sermon to the graduating class before his death, and it will be read on the usual day. An editor, quoting Dr. Hall's advice to "eat regularly, not over three times a day, and nothing between meals," adds: "Trampa will do well to cut this out and put it in their bank books." Two ladies contended for precedence at the oourt of CliarleB V. They appealed to the monarch, who, like Solomon, awarded, "Let the elder go first." Such a dispute was never known afterward. An English lady, visiting the Phila delphia Exhibition, saw a "Great Bale of Domestics," advertised in the newspaper. "Bless my 'eart," said Bhe, "Hi thought they'd habolished slavery 'ere, you know." Pope Pins IX has created ninetynine cardinals. Of theBe fifty have died. Of thesixtyone cardinals who witnessed his election only eight are now alive, and the oldest of these is in his eightyfifth year. Isn't that a beautiful piece of music?" said one of Mrs. Clogger's female boarderfi as she turned from the piano. "I like it very much," replied Jones, "particularly those long rests that opcur all through it." Rev. Thomas B. Fox, a Unitarian preacher, who at different periods had been editor of the Christian Examiner, and associate editor of the Boston Transcript, died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on the 10th instant. Death makes strings neighbors. Michelet lies buried at Pere la-Chalse near the Duke de Morny and on the same line with Ledru-Kollin, the revolutionist millionaire, and Emile Souvestre, that literary pattern of all the domeetip proprieties I A "habitual criminal" having been sharply taken to task the other day by a magistrate in Paris, replied that the magistrate waB very "ungrateful" to treat him so. "And why, pray ?" "Because, your honor, if it were not tor men like me who make you necessary you would have no place and no pay I" The city of Boston has had bound a popy of the Rev. Dr. Ellis's account of the evacuation of that city by the British, for presentation to the Queen. The binding is of white calf with alternating red, white and blue stripes around the cover, the inside of the covers being lined with blue watered moire antique. A map of the city as it Btood in 1776 accompanies the book, Anna Dickinson played in Worcester last week, and the Evening Gazette was quite aa aevere upon her is any of the New York and Boston "scalpers." In the course of its notice occurs this paragraph: "Miss Dickinson is the last person lrom whom her friends would have expected gush, but this BCene is full of it, and MiBS Dickinson even overacted it. 'I kiss the air that blows to him' are the words before her lover (Percy) discloses himself, nd Miss Dickinson said these and the 'I love you I love you' as she threw her arms around Percy, with so much of the style of an amateur Pauline, that the curtain fell amid laughter from most of the audience." President Grant was requested to contribute a Centennial message to the Philadelphia Sunday School Times, and he sent the following : "Your favor of yesterday, nsking a message from me to the children and youth of the United States, to accompany your Centennial number, is this moment received. My advice to Sunday Schools, no matter what their denomination, is : Held fast to the Bible aa the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book are we indebted for all the progress made in true civilization, and to this wc must look as our guide in the future. 'Righteousness exaltelh a nation ; but sin la a reproach to any people.' " The firet ballot accorded very nearly with the estimated strength of candidates, as given in these dispatches, and revealed the fact that Blaine was nearly one hundred votea short of a nomination. It also showed a higher vote than his friends had expected, and gave them great hopes and resolution. The first ballot passed smoothly, but the second precipated a crisis. When Pennsylvania waB called it caBt, as before, 44 for Hartrauft. A Pittsburg delegate then rate and stated that this waa not correct, as himself and one other of the delegation desired to vote for Blaine. The Chair ruled that these dissenting delegates might vote as they chose, notwithstanding instructions, and the ruling was sustained. During all this time THE EXCITEMENT was very great, and it was renewed after the ballot was finished by a motion to re- consider the vote sustaining the Chair's ruling. This brought on a spirited discussion, in which the fortunes of the Blaine and anti-Blaine parties seemed to be involved, the one side generally favor-iug the ruling, and the other opposing it. The situation was now critical in the extreme. Should the ruling be wi, oulile, irierp would ne ground f charging that the convictions were en slaved by party discipline, and if on the Dther hand instructions were to be disregarded it seemed probable that enough totes would go over to Blaino to nomi nate him. At the crisis of excitement and suspense GENERAL STEWART L, WOODTORD took the platform, and in a few minutes' speech made a powerful appeal in behalf ol the Chair's ruling and the right qf (he independent action of dele gates, Xnis, coming lrom an banli-Blaine man, was decisive and on caijl of States the Chair waa suitained by a majority of fortytwo. This action was not so favorable to Blaine as expected, for while he gained a few votes thus let loose, he lost others, and his vote of 298 on the second ballot fell to 23 on the third. Meanwhile ) HATES had steadily advanced from sixtyone tp sixty, and then to sixtyseven. The fourth brought no material changes, though there began to be symptoms that the dead-lock which Hayes's friends had long foreaeen and believed would result in their favor, must. soon treat and let loose the elements likely to come to them. On the fifth ballot came I ANOTHER CRISIS, and ont which afterwards proved decisive When Michigan waa called the venerable William A. Howard, of Detroit, roae in hia plaoe and caat the whole twentytwo votes (4 tl,at fjtp,te for Rutherford B. Hayes. The efl'eot was electric all over the great hall. AN IMMENSE SnoU went up, men sprang to their feet by hun dreds, and for fujly five minqtes there was scarcely an intermission to the ire? mendous cheering. Had New York and Pennsylvania then done as they after ward did on the seventh ballot, the whole drift of the Southern vote would have turned toward Hsyes, and he would have been nominated by a large majority. The ballot proceeded quietly, however, until ; NORTH CAROLINA waa reached, when she threw twelve votes for Hayes, causing another prolonged out-hurst of enthusiasm. On this ballot Hayes's vote ran up to 104 and Blaine dropped o 286. The Blaine men were thoroughly alarmed, and their j anxiety was manifested, but they gathered all their forces for a last struggle and the uncertainty as to what Pennsylvania, New York and Indiana woujd do helped them especially with the Southern delegations. Accordingly on the tlXTH BALLOT Blaine gained considerably, and North Carolina evidently becoming alarmed bounced back again and threw to Blaine the twelve votes she had just cast for Hayes, Nevertheless MICHIGAN REMAINED FIRM, and Hayes's vote rose up to 113, while that of every iother candidate declined, except that of Blaine, whose aggregate now reached 308. On this ballot Pennsylvania cast 14 votes for Blaine,, instead of the forty claimed for him, thus almost precisely confirming the statements which have been made in these dispatches as to the number of Blaine votes in the delegation. The seventh ballot was tie historic one, arid its THRILLING SITUATIONS and Bcenea of enthusiasm can never be forgotten. At the beginning of the ballot the New Tork delegation filed out for consultation and the Blaine men construed this tp mean an accession to them of at leaat fifteen votes, Blaine gained from the start, Arkansas, Alahama and Georgia all largely increasing their votes for him; but a halt was given to the current in that direction when Indiana was called, and twenty of her thirty votes were thrown for Hayea. This announce ment waa greeted with another tremendous outburst, which fairly shook the building, MASSACHUSETTS followed with twenty for Hayes. Michigan stood firm, and Mississippi wheeled into line with her solid sixteen for HayeB. New York was called, and there were sixtyone for Hayes, and Pennsylvania chimed in with twentyeight for Ohio's candidate. The rao was now NICK AND NECK, for Blaine was gaining also, and the chances seemed to be about even aa to who would come in ahead on the home stretch. The excitement was immense, and the enthusiasm over the announcement of Hayes's gains was perfectly wild. Kentucky had already withdrawn her favorite son and cast her solid vote for Hayes, and the Bristow vote now went to him almost to a man. Soon it became evident that HATES WAS NOMINATED, and then what a scene I Men embraced each other with joy, and others rushed from the building to bear the news to friends, while the lightning also carried it to every part of the continent. THE VICE PRESIDENCY went to New York almost as a matter of course, and the delegation by ballot put forward William A. Wheeler as the man to sweep the Empire State with Hayes. Never did nominations give greater satisfaction than these. Among the hap piest men are the friends of the deteatea candidates. The TBIEilDS Or BLAINE are disappointed, yet rejoice that the action of the Convention has been so fortunate. They are also deeply gratified with the Bupport received by their candidate and the ovations given him. I heard orfe of the roost ardent of them Bay to night that Blaine would take the stump for HayeB. Fred Douglass, passing your correspondent, pressed hia had and ex pressed protouoa Bausiacuon wun me nominations. MURAT HAUTEAD, of the Commercial, is said to have indicated this evening that he would support Hayes. Your correspondent had a brief talk with CARL SCHURZ just before sending this dispatch. He did not say much as to the ticket, but expressed gratification with the results. He remarked that Governor Hayes had now great opportunitiea, particularly in the matter of civil service reform. GEORGE WILLIAM CDRTIS expressed himself this evening as exceedingly gratified with Hayes's nomination. He personally exerted himself to get Bristow men to go for Hayea after Bristow was withdrawn, and says he will do all in his power to elect the ticket. There is GENERAL REJOICING throuehout the citv to-night, and as I write the midnight air is vocal with songs and exultations. The Columbus Hayes Club leaves here in the morning, and will arrive in Columbus at noon. A band and citizens are to meet them at the depot. The Kentuoky delegation called at Ohio headquarters and congratulated the Ohio delegation this evening. It was a very pleasatt interchtuigo of courtesies. One llnmtrcd t.ttiict u uiiie. SpccliJ to the Ohio Slate Journal. Fremont, Ohio, June 16 The home of the neit president. One hundred guns are being fired. Bonfires and fireworks ore lighted, and the city is ablaze with excitement. A band is playing and speeches are being made. There iB great rejoicing and good feeling all around. X Columbus Voice from Ibe Mope. To Gen. James M. Comly, Ohio State Journal : San Francisco, June 16. Congratu lations. Republicans jubilant. Democrats disgusted with Hayes!s nomination Iba A. Hutchinson. intr. Speeches were made br H. M. Car, per, J. S. Jones, J. D. Vandeman and Dr. R. Hills. One hundred guns were fired in honor of the nomination of Hayes, and two bands of music and the voices of en thusiastic Republicans attested the delight ot the people. Reception or ibe Noralnailaa la 81. Aionis. St. Louis. June 16. The nomination of Hayes did not praduce much enthusi asm here, but there baa been steadily growing Bince its announcement an impression that the ticket is very strong, and will not only command the full Re publican vote, but will draw from the opposition: at least it will not be objection able to the Independents,and will no doubt be heartily supported by tbem. no puo-lic demonstration has been made, but pre liminary Bteps have been taken to organize a campaign club. The Globe-Demo crat, which has been strongly in favor of Blaine, calls the ticket a strong one, and refers to the record of Hayes in Ohio as an assurance that he will carry with him the Republican strength of the country. Xl.lVlb CouerreM Firm Session. Wasbinotov, June 16. S8HATB. Legislative busioess was suspended at 12:20, and consideration of the articles ot im peachment against W. W. Belknap was re sumed, this being the day fixed to hear any further answer to the articles ofimpeachment. Mr. Black, ot counsel for the accuBed, read a long paper declining to plead further, or the grouau that tne respondent haa aireaay been tubstantially acquitted, as the order of the Senate asserting jurisdiction waa not passed by a two-thirds vote. uounspi tor aeiense asKea mat me paper be filed, but objection was made by Mr. Edmunds, and also by the Managers. Pending discussion it was discovered a quorum was not present, and the Senate ad journed. H0U9B. The House went into committee of the Whole on the Armv Appropriation bill, Mr. Blackburn in the cbair. PIRNETTI. Ibe Sfurveloun Performances of Kuropenu Coujarer. Rntlflentlon Medina; In Cincinnati, To the Associated PreseO Cincinnati, June itf A grand ratification meeting was held to-night at Pike's Opera House. The committee of the Bristow Club of this city waited upon the Hayea committee, and invited them to take possession of the Opera House. The large hall waa filled to its uttnoBt capacity, and all the apeeehea made were received ' with the utmost enthusiasm. The meeting waa called to order by John Carlisle, who said that the Club, once known as the Bristow Club, but now the Hayes Club, had tendered the use of the hall for a grand ratification meeting. General Hawley, of Connecticut waa the next speaker. ' While paying glowing tributes to Blaine, Morton, UonKling and other candidates, and saying that he had worked from the hrst ballot tor tiristow, he expressed satisfaction with Governor Hayes, and copgralnlated the party in general on his nomination, and on ths platform adopted. He alao paid a high tribute to Mr. Wheeler. He predict.d that if the iasue waa to be hard or soft money, the Republicans would have a victory under Hayea. Theodore M. Pomeroy also addressed the meeting, giving a strong Indorsement to the ticket nominated. He felt sure that all who were not willing to trust the destinies of the country with the Democracy, would work shoulder to BhouMer, and that thp Republicans would rejoice in a sweeping victory in November, General John A- Harlan, or Kentucky, was the next speaker. He spoke in the same general vein as those who preceded him, and referred to the fact that a ratification meeting had been held at Bristow headquarters, Speeches were also made by Hon. William Orton, of New York, and Governor Howard, of Michigan. Notes AHer Ibe Convention. To the Associated Press. Cincinnati, June 16. Shortly after the nomination of Governor Hayes the Kentucky delegation received a telegram from Colonel Biiatow, as follows i BRISTOW'S DISPATCH. "I congratulate the Convention on its good work in nominating Governor Hayea, and I rejoice that my friends have helped to do it. You have secured victory for ua in November by giving ua a true man, for whom every Republican can vote.'1 KENTUCKY RATIFIES. Immediately after dark the delegation from Kentucky held an enthusiastic ratification meeting at their headquarters, at which speeches were made by Governor Howard, of Michigan, General Harlan and Colonel Goodloe, of Kentucky, Dr. James Freeman Clark, of Massachusetts, J, G. Moore, and others. RICHARD 8MITH TO BRISTOW. The following dispatch from Hon. Richard Smith to Mr. Bristow was sent upon the result of balloting for President Cincinnati, June 16,. Hon. B. H. BrUtow, Washington, D. C: You were not nominated, but your honored name, your grand achievement and patriotism of your friends saved the party and tbe country. Richard Smith, bqscoe conkling telegraphs to A. B. Cornell : "Have just heard of the nomination of Governor Hayes and deem it good and wise. wiBh I could make you snd all other friends know how deeply grateful I am for efforts in my behalf." Jubilation of Ibe Delaware People. Special to the Ohio Stat Journal. Delaware, June 16. A large ratification meeting was held here this even- Translated liom ths German for ths Donver News-1 About the beginning of the present cen tury a conjurer made his appearance at St. Petersburg; who astonished the na tives by his marvelous performances, rlis name was Pirnetti, and his fame is yet in the memory of those who witnessed his unrivaled talents. The Czar Alexander, having heard Piruetti much spoken of, waa desirous of seeing him, and one day it was announced to the conjurer that he would have the honor of giving a representation of his magical powers at Court, the hour fixed for him to make his appearance being 7 o'clock, A brilliant and numerous assembly of ladies and courtiera, presided over by the Czar, had met, but the con jurer waB absent, surprised and dis pleased, the Czar pulled out nis watcn, which indicated five minutes of seven. Pirnetti had not only failed in being in waiting, but bad caused the Court to wait, and Alexander was Dot more patient than Louis JIV. A quarter of an hour passed, half au hour, and no ftmetti. Messengers who had been sent in search of him returned unsuccessful. The anger of the Czar, with difficulty restrained, displayed itself in threatening exclamations. At lenelh. after the lapse of an hour, the door of the salon opened, and the gentle man of the chamber announced rirnetti who presented himself with a calm front ni-.tl iUu serenity of one who bad done nothing to reproach mmaelf with. Ihe Lzar, nowever, was greatly umpieaseu but Pirnetti assumed an air of astonishment, and replied with coolness: "Did not vour Majesty command my presence at seven o'clock preciBely?" ' iJUstsoi ' exclaimed tue wzar, at tne height of exasperation. "Well, then," said Pirnetti, "let your Majesty deign to look at your watch, and you will perceive that I am exact, and that it is just seven o cloctf.. The Cinr( pulling out hia watch violently, in order to confound what h econ-aidered a piece of downright insolence, was completely aniased. The watch marked seven o'clock I In turn all the courtiera drew out their watchea, which were found, as usual, exactly regulated by that of the Sovereign. Seven o'clock I indicated with a common accord by all the watchea and clocks in the palace. The art of the mag;?ian was at once manifest jn tlw r strange retrogression in the march of time. To anger succeeded as tonishment and admiration. Perceiving that the Czar smiled, Pirntt thus addressed him: "Your Majesty will pardon me. It was by the performance of this trick that 1 was desirous ot maSin my first appearance before vou. But ssnd roubles for last night, and a thou, sand for this day's visit." Pirnetti, in offering his thanks, was in terrupted by the tzar, who, with a thoughtful air, inquired of him, "Do you count on yet remaining some time in St. Petersburg?" "Sire," he replied, "I intend setting off tnis wees, unless your Majesty orders a prolongation oi my sojourn." "So," hastily replied the Czar, "it is not my intention to detain you, and moreover," he continued with a smile, "I should vainly endeavor to keep you against your will. You know how to leave St, Petersburg as easily as you found your way into this palace," "I could do so, sire," said Pirnetti; "but, far from wishing to leave St. Petersburg stealthily or mysteriously, I am desirous of quitting it in the most public manner possible, by giving to the inhabitants of your Capital a most striking example of my magical powers.11 Pirnetti could not leave like an ordinary individual; it was necessary that be Bhould crown his success in the Russian capital by something surpassing his previous efforts; therefore, on the evening preceding the day fixed for his departure, he announced that he ahould leave St. Petersburg the following day, at ten o'clock in the morning, and that he should quit by all the city galea at the same moment. Public curiosity was excited to the highest degree by the announcement, St. Petersburg at that time had fifteen gates, which were encompassed by a multitude eager to witness tbta marvelous departure. The spectators at these various gates all declared ths,t, at ten o'clock precisely, Pirnetti, whom they all perfectly reoognized, passed through. "He walked at a slow pace, with head erect, in order to be the better seen," they said, "and he bade us adieu in a clear end audible voice." These unanimous testimonies were confirmed by the written declaration of the officers placed at every gate to inspect the paasports of travelers. The inscription of Pirnetti's passports was inscribed in the fifteen gates, JAMES GORDON BENNETT. NEIL HOUSE DRY GOODS STORE ! Ladies are invited to call and examine the prices of the following goods : RIBBONS, alf Colors. EMBROIDERIES, fine Goods. LINENS, for Overdresses. GRENADINES, Silk and Wool. - We place on sale this Morning, a full line of NEW RIBBONS! At lower prices than we have ever known them to be before. ?! know how precious truth is at Court; it is at least necessary that your watch Bhall tell it you, sir. If you consult; H now, you will find that it marks the real time," The Caar again drew forth his watch it pointed to a few minutes past 8; the eauie reflection had taken place in all the watches of all those present, and the clocks of the palace. This exploit was followed by others equally amusing. At the close of the performance, the Czar, after haviog complimented Pirnetti, brought back to hia remembrance that, in the course of the eyenuig's amusemert, he had declared that such was the pow.r of his art that he could penetrate everywhere."Yes, Bire, everywhere," replied the conjurer, with modest assurance. "Wbat" exclaimed the Czar, "could you penetrate even into this palace where I do order all the doors to be cloaed and guarded 7" "Into this palace, sire, or even into tne apartment of your Majesty, quite as easily as I should enter my own house," said Pirnettj, "Well, then," said the Csar, "at midday to morrow I shall have ready in my closet the price of this evening's anjUiJ-ment one thousand roubles. Come and get them. Bui I forewarn you that the doors shall be closed and carefully guarded." "To-morrow at midday i snan nave tne honor of presenting myself hefore your Majesty," replied Pirnetti, who bowed and withdrew. The gentlemen of the houBe followed the conjurer to make sure that he quitted the palace; they accompanied him to his lodgings, and a number of police Bur-rounded the building frorp the moment he entered it. The palace was instantly closed, with positive orders not to Buffer, under any pretext whatever, any one to enter until the Czar himself should command the doors to be opened. These orders were Btrictly enforced, confidential persons having watched their execution. The exterior openings to the palace were guarded by the Boldiery. All the approaches to the palace were protected by high dignitaries, whom a single professor of the art of legerdemain possessed no means of bribing. In short, for greater security, all the keys had been carried into the Imperial cabinet. A few minnteB previous to the hour fixed for Pirnetti's interview with the Czar, the chamberlain on Bervice brought to Hia Maiestv a dispatch which a messenger had handed him through an opening in the door. It was a report from the Minister of Police that Pirnetti had not left home. "Aha I he has found out that the undertaking is impracticable, and has abandoned it," observed the Czar, with a smile. Twelve o'clock sounded. While the last atrnkn vet reverberated, the door which communicated from the bedroom of the Czar to the Cabinet opened, and Pirnetti appeared. The Czar drew back a couple of paces, his brow darkened, and, after a momentary silence, he said, "Are you aware that you may become a very dangerous individual ?" "Tfis, sire," he replied; "but I am only an humble conjurer, with no ambition save that of amusing your Majesty." "Here," sajd the Csar, "are the thou- A Few Points in Ills Character a a Journalist and a Young- Man of Pleasure He tan Euglueera 5iews paper aa Well as a Mustang- Cer, lain Popular Imnreasious Cor rected. New York Cor. Cinainnati Gacett. In one of your recent numbers a New York correspondent sends you some particulars concerning the New York Herald and its proprietor, Air. Bennett, which are so far inexact that it is but just to correct some of the misstatements. Your correspondent eaya : "Bennett is now eolely pur-auing pleasure. . . , The Herald establishment is connected with Bennett's Fifth avenue residence by telegraph, and he can communicate at any time, but the management of the paper is confided to his choice lieutenants." There iB more of the Bame kind, all tending to the im pression that Mr. Bennett is a mere fast man, pieasure-seeiter ana idler. Nothing oould be less true than this as those who know Mr. Bennett, or who know even superficially the management of the Herald, and of other enterprises in whioh he is engaged, can bear witness. It is quite true that he has a great, and for thia country an uncommon, fondness for out-door exercises. He excels in many. He is a first-rate yaphtsman, not a mere idler on the water, or inshore sailor, for he knows how to manage and sail his own vessel, and has pursued yachting in a manly way, by deep sea sailing. He iB an excellent horseman, and likes horses, and he has shown himself proficient in other muntv exercises, AU tu'S la true, and because it w true, and because he is, aa your correspondent says, a young man of wealth, people are apt to think mat fie is an idler, and fie, who is really a modest young fellow, altowa this to be thought without contradiction. But here are facts on the other side, which ought, in jjUBlice to Mr. Bennett, to be known to the general public. They are very well known to those who are acquainted with him. He waa regularly and thoroughly trained to all partB of the newspaper business; served a while during his father's life in the counting room ot the Herald, and ia as familiar with the business details of the paper as any publisher in New York, He knows the price I and quality of paper, type, and machinery; he buys his own paper and selects his own type, and he exercises a constant and careful supervision over the business details of hia newspapers, which he could not do unless he had had a previous and thorough training. Ihesameia trueot tbe editorial conduct and management, He was trained in the Herald editorial office under Mr. Hudson, and under the eye of the elder Bennett; and the testimony of all who have served under him, is that he profited by his training very ably. The management of the Herald ia entirely in hia bands. He plana its enterprises; he constantly direots its editorial courBe and policy, and he exercises a constant and careful sorutiny over all its departments. That is to Bay, the Herald iB conducted according to the will and directions of Mr. Bennett, and it expresses bis Ideas. That he avails himself of the assiatance of able men is to hia credit, and shows that he has a high order of ability himself. He is an excellent administrator, and knows not only how to seleot able men, but also how to nut them to the best use. The Herald ia, in all its parts, editorial and business, thoroughly organized; and Mr. Bennett ie fond of retainiag trusted men in hia service, and has the ability to make all the parts of the machinery pull together, It Is probably true that he has a telegraph wire from his office to his house, and so has every other editor in New York, as well as hundreds of business men. It ia true also that he does not spend all his time in his office. But none of the great editors, now dead, did so. All of them found it more useful to go out into ths world, and to get their grip of the public thought in the cluha or in legislative halls, or in public assemblies of various kinds. Thia oourpe Mr. Bennett pursues, and his paper hears tbe marks of Ills intercourse with men of brains. . Your correspondent gives the impression that Mr. Bennett is a man of small ability. The contrary is true; he has remarkable business qualities, and ia an extremely able newspaper editor and manager. Ho works rapidly, comprehends and decides quickly, and no matter where he may be, whether in New York, at Newport, or elsewhere, he has the habit of regular indtiBtry, and the ability to keep the reins In his own hands. It is needless to Bay that he is no idler, but that he leads an uncommonly busy life, in which he wisely avails himBelf of all the means which the telegraph and other appliances nowadays give a man of wealth to save himself time. Thus, when in town, he makes hia private rooms, at certain hours daily, his office, where he meets the heads and managers of the different parts of his paper ; receives their reports, and plans with them. If he is at Newport, the same course Is pursued, and even when in Europe he receives telegraphic reports, as well as constant written communications, and controls the Herald, no matter at what distance he may be from its othce. So much has been made by gnssipers of Mr. Bennett's devotion to horses and yachts that it is just that these facts con cerning him should be made known, and that he should receive the credit he deserves Sb a man of remarkable ability, of regular and constant industry, and a thorough mastery of all branches of his journal. Ladies who need FINE EMBROIDERIES, should examine our New Goods. They are handsome and just what the Ladies want. Our LINENS, for Overdresses, have been reduced in price, and Ladies will find among them some very choice and stylish goods, at prices that cannot fail to please. GRENADINES, in Plain, Plaid and Stripe, have been reduced in price to close them out. We offer unusual inducements in this class of Goods. KID GLOVES AT $1.00! We offer the best line of Kid Gloves in the city at $1 per pair. Splendid line of Thomson's Seamless, $1 per pair. Chossen's Undressed 2 Buttons, $1,00. Ladies will do well to call and examine the bargains at JAMES C. DUNN'S, NO. 6 NEIL HOUSE BLOCK. MARRIED. Psx LsoNABn By Hev. S. O. Bicker, at his residence, June 14, 1876, Mr. Robert H PsiE and Miss Alios S. Leosard, all of Mifflin township, Franklin county, O. Coal for the Public Schools Bids fur 30,000 Hiih1h Is,M ore or Ihh, Wanted. New Advertisements. OI.UMBCS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. THERE WILL BE A SPE0TAL MEETING of the Academy of Medicine at the Board of Trade Rooms, On this (Saturday) Evening, To appoint delegates to the Ohio State Medical Society, which meets next Tuesday at Put-in-Bay. It J. B. THOMPSON, President. THE NORTH Ell BEER MM A. W. JAEGER, Proprietor. Fresb, Cool Beer. Wines, lee Cream. Sodn Wnler, Etc.. Ete. Three New Lady Waiters. GRAND CONCERTS Saturday and Sunday Evenings, Good music and good order. No improper characters admitted. It THE UNDERSIGNED COMMITTRS ON Supplies, invite bids in writinc, for the supply and delivery of 30,000 bushels of Coal to the various School Houses in the city of Columbus, by the First Day of Augnst Next. The coal to be weighed aud paid for at the rate of 8 pounds per bushel; to be of a good quality of screened, lump and out coal, tree trom slate ana sincx, ana suitaoie for stoves, hot-air furnaces and Bteam heating. AU coal to be weighed aud inspected under the supervision of the committee. 80 much as can be stored at the respective buildings, and balance at call. Security will be required for the performance of the contract. Bids may be indorsed and addressed to the committee through Postoffice on or he-fore the 1st of July, 1876, at 12 m. The number of sctiool house ana the amount of coal wanted, ran be ascertained at the Superintendent 8 ofhee. Bids must be for Hocking, Straitsville or Perry County conl. Committee reserve the rieht to reject any or all bids. O.ENGKRoPF, h. STKHKRT, ' J. H. NEIL, jeTO ltaw 4w Committee. Hamilton Avenue Improvement Price, Twentuflve Cents. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING NINETYHINTH EDITION.' SEALKD PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED at the office of the City Clerk of Columbus, Ohio, until Saturday.July 8. 1876,at 12 O'clock Noon. For materials to be furnished, and work to hfl done, as follows: 1. For grading the roadway of Hamilton avenue, from Broad to ...one street.' Said cradintr will amount to 1700 cubic yardd. mo.e or leas, and shall be bid for by the cubic yard. 2. For constructing a three-itch tile drain, to be laid not less than eight irjcheB deep, on enst side 01 Hamilton avenue, irom Loner to Broad Btreet. amounting to 1800 feet, more or leas. Shall be bid ton by the lineal toot, 3 For constructing the curbs on Hami'ton avenue, from Broad to Long street, and around the Park. Said curb will contain .-000 feet, more or less, aud ebll 1)6 bid for by the lineal foot. '4. For laying an Aaphalt parcment on Hamilton avenue, fr m Brod to Loag street. ; Said pavement will contain 4'AW square yards, more or less,and shall be bi I for by the 6quare vara. AU work to be done according to plans and specifications on tile in tun City Engineer's office, in Columbus, ObiO. Each bid must contain the full nameiof all the parties interested in ihe same, and shall be c ccoiupauicd with pood and sufficient security that it the bid is accepted"tlie! rOntract will be entered into nd the work faithfully performed. Tbe Commis ioners of said Hamilton avenue Improvpmtut reserve the right to reject any or all bids at their discre tion. Ky ordor of the Board. , jei7 eod td W. H. ALBRRY, Sec'y. Containing a complete IWt of ull thetowBB in the" United States, thu Territories and the Dominion of Ciumiift, liHviny a population greater thiiniiiooiiceoviiintf to (lio UiM eimsiiB, together with the names of the newpiiporr having the largest local circulation in ennh of the places name i. Also, a cKtttlouge of newniwporB which are recommended to n1 vert i Hers a giving greatest value in proport ion to prison charged. Alao, all newspapers in the United States and Canada printing over fiOOi) copies oach Whop. AIo, all the Religious, Agricultural, Scientific anil Mechanical, Medical, Masonic, ."uvenile, Educational, Commercial, Insurance, Kcal Rntate, Law, Sporting, Musical, Fashion, aud other fine cm! clasa journals; very complete MstH. Together with' a complete list of over 300 Germnu papers printed in uie United tftates. Also, an csHay upon advertising; many tables of rateH, showing the cost of advertising in various uewa-papersand evorythiiig which a hetfinner in advertising would like to know. Address GEO. P. HOWELL A CO., Bepl 1v 41 Park How. New York. Bishop DIED. Ei'RLY June 13, 1876, Rt 8 o'clock p. m., of rheumntism of Ihe heart, William W. Kbbhlv, nged nineteen jean, son of Isnncnnd Mary liberty. Funeral nervics from Ihe residence of his father, 80 East Friend street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dispstck copy. II.' 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Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Governo- of the .state for the pardon of Mary Nelson (alias Hance), who was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, in the Court of Common Pleas of the 'county of Franklin, St.itn of Ohio, at the Febri ary (1874) tcim thereof, and sentenced to he imprisoned in the Penitentiary of the State lor the term of three years, where Bhe is now confined under said sentence. KZilA A. II ANCK. je6 3t ltftw s J. A.. HOllBK M.. Manufacturers and Denti rs In Italian wl Antrim Mmlilt, Scuteh (7m(c;im .Brown Stone MOXUMEXTU, 20 percent, cheaper tlmn can be hoilRhtot enlt No. 179 N. Illsrh Ht ., 'olunihn. l. AU Willi of BMdint Work done. pl edit am

COLTJMBTIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1876. yon xxxyn. NO. 141. SliBEHT & ULILY. ; Blank BookManufacturers. Printers, Binders, Sti tiongrs And Legal Blank Publisher. BOOK BINDING Cf gtbj ' description, by the Edition or ' single Volume. r UPEIU HOUSE BUIXMHe, I' P . C. (Up Stairs.) ';. Ohio Merchant Tailoring Co., I AMD DSALBRS IN Gents' Fine Furnishing Goods, No. 163 SOUTH HlfiU ST., (Opera House Block), COLUMBUS, 0. H. W JNO. RICH, Supt. and Treaa. STIM30N, Foreman. myl ly Office: Hitch. Pearl anil Chapel Sis. 3. M. COMI.Y. ' A. W. FBANCWCO. COMLY & FRANCISCO, PUBLISH CHS AND PROPRIKTOBS. JAMES M. COMLY. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY Biting baromtter; cooler wetlerly windi; partly cloudy and clear weather. Sketch of General Hayes. Rutherford Birchard Hayea was bora in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822. Hia parents, Rutherford Hayes and Sophia Birchard, were natives of Windham county, Vermont, and emigrated to Ohio in 1817. His first American ancestor of the name of Hayes was George Hayes, a Scotchman, who settled in Windsor, Connecticut, about 1680. His mother was descended from John Birchard, who came oyer with his father's family from England in 1635, and became one of the principal proprietors and settlers of Norwich, Connecticut. Three of lis great grandfathers, Daniel Austin, Israel Smith and Elias Birchard, were members of the revolutionary aimy, the latter dying during his term of service. In 1842 R. B. Hayes graduated at Ken-yon college with the firBt honors of his class, of which he was the youngest member, and during the same year he began the study of law with Thomas Sparrow, Eq., atColumbiiB. In 1845 he graduated at the Law School of Harvard Uni-Yereity, was admitted to the bar at Marietta, and began the practice of his profession at Fremont, Ohio, in partnership with General Ralph P. Buckland. In 1849 he removed to Cincinnati, and in 1852 was married to Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb and Maria Cook, of Chillicothe. In 1800 ne was nominated for Judge of Common Pleas, but declined the nomination. In 1858, the office of City Solicitor becoming vacant by the death of Judge Hart, he was unexpectedly elected by the City Council to fill the vacancy, and in 1859 was re-elected by the people for a full term, running over five hundred yotea ahead of bis ticket. He held this office until the spring of 1861, discharging its duties, as a local journal stated, "so as even to extort the highest praise from his political antagonists." At this period Mr. Hayes was consider-eredoneot the most bril'iant young law-vers at the Cincinnati bar. He distin guished himself as counsel in Beveral of ll. mn.t nnlnWe fniritive Blave Cf.Sifl of that day, as well as in other cases, and was particularly distinguished in the widely known James Summers murder case, which was taken to the Supreme Court. Thomas Ewing sr. pronounced Hayes's opening the best first speech he bad ever heard. As eariy as 1856 Mr. Hayes was named in connection with Congressional honors, but declined to allow the use of his name in that connection successively in 1858, 1860 and 1862, although he could have received the nomination each year. When the rebellion broke out, Hayes, M original Republican, attached himself to the Union cause, at once. At the fieBt war meeting in Cincinnati he wrote and reported the resolutions which were adopted, and which expressed the higheBt determination to uphold the Government. He and Judge Mathews then raised two regiments. The 23d Ohio went into service with W. S. Rosecrans as Colonel, Stanley Mathews as Lieutenant Colonel, and R. B. Hayes as Major, Rosecrans was alterwara Bucceeaea in me cuuiumuu of the regiment by Colonel Scammon. The regiment arrived at Clarksburg, West Virginia, on the 27th of July, 1861, and spent the remainder of the year in arduous campaigning under General Rosecrans, upon whose staff Majqr Hayes served for a time as Judge Advocate. At the battle of Carnifax Ferry he was sent to threaten the rebel flank and rear, which he did so successfully as to materially hasten the enemy's retreat. MBjor Hayes, being promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and assigned to the command of the 23d, scouted over a large circle of mountainous country during the ensuing spring, at one time meeting with a narrow escape from death by an r ambush of bushwhackers. In May, 1862, he made a brilliant and successful dash on Princeton. At Giles C. H. he was attacked by a greatly superior force, but by withdrawing his cavalry and artillery alternately kept the enemy at bay. His kill and coolness elicited the cheers of hie men, and engendered a belief among the enemy that reinforcements were com. ing. He received a severe contusion from a shell, but remained on duty. In August his regiment was ordered to join the army of the Potomac, and on the ISth of September, at the battle of South Mountain (immediately preceding An-tietam) the 23d, under Lieutenant Colonel Hayes, was the first infantry engaged. The fight was hot, and in a few minutes one hundred men and officers of the 23d were wounded and forty-tight killed. Colonel Hayes had an arm broken and lay upon the field disabled by the severity of his wound: but mistaking a flank movement for a retreat, he hur ried again to the line of battle, and in pile of bis wound exerted himself in rallying and encouraging hie man until carried to the rear overcome with pain and exhaustion. General Cox, in his reports' made special mention of th gallantry of Colonel Hayes. Being promoted to Colonel of the 23d, Colonel Hayes wai assigned to the command of the Kanawha division, and bore an important part in the campaigns of Rosecrans, McClellan and Sheridan. Colonel Hayes entered aa Major of the 23d Ohio, and commanded the first brigade over two years, leading it in numerous arduous expeditions in West Virginia. In 1864, General Crook's forceB, including the brigade of Colonel Hayes, went directly to the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. The march was one of extreme difficulties and hardships. On the 9th of May, Colonel Hayea made a vigorous assault on a strong position on Lloyd mountain, and carried it. The enemy was reinforced, and made a second and a third attempt to beat back the assailants, losing largely, and the struggle at this point was desperate.It was the intention, when this sketch was begun, to speak of General Hayes's military career at length, but under present exigencies of time and space it is impossible to do justice to the mass of material before us. His military service was active and effective, and characterized by a coolness and gallantry that frequently proved of great moment to the cause. We pass over , particulars and come to generalization. Colonel Hayea was promoted to Brigadier General "for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, FiBher's Hill and Cedar Creek," to take rank from October 19, 1864, and was breveted Major General "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaign of 1864 in West Virginia, and particularly in the battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek." Prior to these promotions he had commanded a Brigade as Colonel for over two years, and he was now commanding a Division. In the course of his arduous services four horses had been shot under him, and he had been wound ed four times, rlis advancement was never sought, and did not come until long alter it had been fully earned. Of his military character one who served with him in nearly all his campaigns has written as follows : "General Hayes was one of the most gallant Boidiers that ever drew BWord. More than four years' service in the same command gave the writer ample opportunity to know that no braver or more dashing and enterprising commander gave his services to the Republic than General Hayes. He was the idol of hia command. No soldier ever doubted where he led." Another, who was associated with him in the army, speaking of his military traits says: "He proved himBelf otonly a gallant soldier, but a model officer. We had opportunities of close observation of him in Virginia, and fourd him cool, self-possessed, and aa thorough in the discharge of his duties as he was gallant in action. There is probably no position that so thoroughly tries the gentleman as that of an officer in time of war. The despotic power suddenly placed in his hands calls for the higher attributes of manhood to preserve its possessor from nlniKj. To his interiors in rank General Hayes was ever kind, patient and considerate. He was in the finest sense of the term the soldiers' friend." To this it might be added that, as an officer, he was noted not only for Btript loyalty to his su periors, out lor gananiry in Dattie ana at the University oi Vermont, he being connected with thelolaas of 1842. He entered a lawyer's qfice and completed the seven years itudjk then, required before admitted to the Wr, and began the practice ef his profefcion in Franklin oounty. He had been practicing but a few years when he was elected te the office of Dis trict Attorney in Frartdin county, the election being the firstibeld under the new Constitution. At fhe close of his term of office he was ehcted to the Assembly. A re-election tt the Assembly followed, and for a time fir. Wheeler retired from publio life. e became first the Cashier of his local blnk, a position be held for fourteen years and at a later date became President of ye Ogdensburg and RoUBe'a Point railroadcontinuing in the supervision of the rotrl for eleven years. With the rest of ns party he passed into Republicanism, and reached the State Senate in January 1858, to take his Beat in the first Legislatuie fully controlled by the Republican party. Robert Campbell, a Republican, waB at the time Lieutenant Governor, and Mr. Wheeler was elected President' pro tern. Through tko sessions of 1858 and 1859 Mr. Wheeleriserved in the State Senate, and in the tail of the last named year he was elected to a seat in the Thirtvseventh Congress, I In April, 1867, Mr. Wheeler viae elected to the Constitutional Convention, which met in June, when he became Its Chairman. ( The fall after the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention Mr.lWheeler was nominated for Congress in tne Seventeenth District, Franklin and $t. Lawrence counties, and elected to th Forty-first Congress, in which he took his seat in the March following. He waaelected to the ensuing Congress, in 187), with little opposition. Including the present and still unexpired session, Mr. Wheeler has tlnrefnre had over Beven years continuous lervice in Congress, beginning March 4, 1(69, an unusually long term ot service, PERSONS AND THINGS. BY TELEGRAPH TO TEE OHIO STATE JOURNAL THE CONVENTION. Graphic Descriptions of Scenes at Cincinnati. The Critical Points in the Conflict of Yesterday. General Rejoicing Oyer Nomination. tb,e Interviews with Carl Schurz and George William Curtis. Ratifications at Various in file Country. Points Miscellaneous Notes from the Queen City. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Cincinnati, June 16. The National Convention, after a continuous session of nearly nine hourB, concluded this morning a grand day's work for the Republican party and the country. When the presiding officer took the chair at half-past ten, the vast building was filled throughout. Balloting for President began soon after 11 o'clock, and its progress waB watched with intense eagerness. alacrity in the discharge ofevery duty, however perilous or arduous. How he was esteemed by his troops In shown by the proceedings of a meeting held by them on the 20th of April, 1805. At this time the fighting in the Valley was over and an expedition was being organized, about ten thousand strong, to move against Lynchburg. General Hayes had been selected to command this expedition, which was intended as one of several co-operative movements against General Lee'B rear, but was rendered unnecessary by his surrender. Anticipating the separation from them of their old commander the Ohio Kanawhas and all other Ohio men in the Valley, without bis knowledge, held a meeting at Winchester on the date already given, and unan-imniii.lv adopted the following : "Resolved. That General Hayes, in ad dition to Doaaessing the ability and states' munshin neceaaarv to qualify him in an eminent degree for Chief Magistrate of the great State of Ohio, is a soldier unsurpassed for patriotism and bravery, he having served four years in the army, earning his promotion from Major in one of the Ohio regiments to his present n.itinn. r: ., ,,, o j In looa, me Kepuoucaae oi im;nwuuu district of Cincinnati nominated General Hayes for CongresB, but he declined to leave the army to make the canvass. Nevertheless, he was elected by 2056 ma-iriiT. In Congress, his industry, sound judgment and fidelity to the interests of his constituent were uui,3vuuud, uu gave him a position of great prominence and influence. He was regarded in Washington and Ohio as one of the ablest and best members on the floor, A newspaper writer thus described himi "Mr. Hayes is a good-sized,well-formed man. He is every way well made, has a handsome head on a rather handsome body, and a face which would introduce him favorably anywhere, His complexion is light, skin florid, temperament composed of the vital motive and mental in almost egual proportions. He is neither too fast nor too slow, excitable or sluggish, but he is at once sufficiently energetic, original, comprehensive, dignified and resolute. He is more profound than showy, and has more application than versatility. In 1867, General Hayes became the Republican candidate for Governor, and defeated Allen G. Thurman. A great array of speaking talent was brought against him in the campaign, one of the main questions being an amendment of the State Constitution extending suffrage to the colored people. His administration of the office of Governor was able and popular, and in, 1869 he was again elected, defeating George H. Pendleton. In January, 1872, at the expiration of his second term aa Governor, he returned to Cincinnati. He declined to allow the use of his name in connection with the United States Senatorahip that year. He was again nominated for Congress in Cincinnati, but although he ran largely ahead of his ticket, the Democracy carried Hamilton county by 5000, and he was defeated. There was a majority of 1502 votes against him, but he was the only candidate for Congress in Ohio who received more votes than Gen eral Grant. In March. 1873, Governer Hayes de clined an appointment to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Cincinnati, and shortly afterward removed to his old home at Fremont, and resumed his residence there. The memorable campaign of last year, in which General Hayea waa re-elected Governor, our William Allen, is still fresh in the minds of the people. The last Republican State Convention presented him as a man eminently fit to be President of the United States, and the representatives of the Republicans of the Union have enthusiastically ratified the choice. Sketch ot William A. Wheeler. William A. Wheeler, of New York, the Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States, was born June 8, 1819, in Malone, within the county which be bae since represented in both branches of his State Legislature, in a Constitution-al Convention, and in the Lower House at Washington. He is now in his fifty-seventh year. He received a common school and academic education in his native town, which was followed by a course Commodore Vanderbilt's health continues to improve. Flies have begun to come down todin-ner at the sound of the gong. I Ex-Kino George, of Hanover.jhas been made a general in the British army. Mr. Sothern has resigned the aan- agementof the Haymarket Theater, lon-den.Why may a tipsy man fall into the liv-with impunity? Because he woa't drown as long as bis head swims. . j How melancholy the moon must feel when it has enjoyed the fullness of pros perity, and gets reduced to its last quar ter. I Mr. John E. Owens, the comedian. has gone to the Hot Springs of Arkansas, where he will spend a portion of the summer. Ex-Gov. Bullock, of Massachusetts, and Prof. Walker, of Yale College, are among those suggested for the vacant Presidency of Amherst College. An economical Western editor refuses to go to the musical part of the Centen nial RvtiihttioM to.u. U- a Thottiaa poncert in his back yard every night. The late President Stearns of Amherst College had prepared his fiirewell sermon to the graduating class before his death, and it will be read on the usual day. An editor, quoting Dr. Hall's advice to "eat regularly, not over three times a day, and nothing between meals," adds: "Trampa will do well to cut this out and put it in their bank books." Two ladies contended for precedence at the oourt of CliarleB V. They appealed to the monarch, who, like Solomon, awarded, "Let the elder go first." Such a dispute was never known afterward. An English lady, visiting the Phila delphia Exhibition, saw a "Great Bale of Domestics," advertised in the newspaper. "Bless my 'eart," said Bhe, "Hi thought they'd habolished slavery 'ere, you know." Pope Pins IX has created ninetynine cardinals. Of theBe fifty have died. Of thesixtyone cardinals who witnessed his election only eight are now alive, and the oldest of these is in his eightyfifth year. Isn't that a beautiful piece of music?" said one of Mrs. Clogger's female boarderfi as she turned from the piano. "I like it very much," replied Jones, "particularly those long rests that opcur all through it." Rev. Thomas B. Fox, a Unitarian preacher, who at different periods had been editor of the Christian Examiner, and associate editor of the Boston Transcript, died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on the 10th instant. Death makes strings neighbors. Michelet lies buried at Pere la-Chalse near the Duke de Morny and on the same line with Ledru-Kollin, the revolutionist millionaire, and Emile Souvestre, that literary pattern of all the domeetip proprieties I A "habitual criminal" having been sharply taken to task the other day by a magistrate in Paris, replied that the magistrate waB very "ungrateful" to treat him so. "And why, pray ?" "Because, your honor, if it were not tor men like me who make you necessary you would have no place and no pay I" The city of Boston has had bound a popy of the Rev. Dr. Ellis's account of the evacuation of that city by the British, for presentation to the Queen. The binding is of white calf with alternating red, white and blue stripes around the cover, the inside of the covers being lined with blue watered moire antique. A map of the city as it Btood in 1776 accompanies the book, Anna Dickinson played in Worcester last week, and the Evening Gazette was quite aa aevere upon her is any of the New York and Boston "scalpers." In the course of its notice occurs this paragraph: "Miss Dickinson is the last person lrom whom her friends would have expected gush, but this BCene is full of it, and MiBS Dickinson even overacted it. 'I kiss the air that blows to him' are the words before her lover (Percy) discloses himself, nd Miss Dickinson said these and the 'I love you I love you' as she threw her arms around Percy, with so much of the style of an amateur Pauline, that the curtain fell amid laughter from most of the audience." President Grant was requested to contribute a Centennial message to the Philadelphia Sunday School Times, and he sent the following : "Your favor of yesterday, nsking a message from me to the children and youth of the United States, to accompany your Centennial number, is this moment received. My advice to Sunday Schools, no matter what their denomination, is : Held fast to the Bible aa the sheet-anchor of your liberties; write its precepts in your hearts, and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book are we indebted for all the progress made in true civilization, and to this wc must look as our guide in the future. 'Righteousness exaltelh a nation ; but sin la a reproach to any people.' " The firet ballot accorded very nearly with the estimated strength of candidates, as given in these dispatches, and revealed the fact that Blaine was nearly one hundred votea short of a nomination. It also showed a higher vote than his friends had expected, and gave them great hopes and resolution. The first ballot passed smoothly, but the second precipated a crisis. When Pennsylvania waB called it caBt, as before, 44 for Hartrauft. A Pittsburg delegate then rate and stated that this waa not correct, as himself and one other of the delegation desired to vote for Blaine. The Chair ruled that these dissenting delegates might vote as they chose, notwithstanding instructions, and the ruling was sustained. During all this time THE EXCITEMENT was very great, and it was renewed after the ballot was finished by a motion to re- consider the vote sustaining the Chair's ruling. This brought on a spirited discussion, in which the fortunes of the Blaine and anti-Blaine parties seemed to be involved, the one side generally favor-iug the ruling, and the other opposing it. The situation was now critical in the extreme. Should the ruling be wi, oulile, irierp would ne ground f charging that the convictions were en slaved by party discipline, and if on the Dther hand instructions were to be disregarded it seemed probable that enough totes would go over to Blaino to nomi nate him. At the crisis of excitement and suspense GENERAL STEWART L, WOODTORD took the platform, and in a few minutes' speech made a powerful appeal in behalf ol the Chair's ruling and the right qf (he independent action of dele gates, Xnis, coming lrom an banli-Blaine man, was decisive and on caijl of States the Chair waa suitained by a majority of fortytwo. This action was not so favorable to Blaine as expected, for while he gained a few votes thus let loose, he lost others, and his vote of 298 on the second ballot fell to 23 on the third. Meanwhile ) HATES had steadily advanced from sixtyone tp sixty, and then to sixtyseven. The fourth brought no material changes, though there began to be symptoms that the dead-lock which Hayes's friends had long foreaeen and believed would result in their favor, must. soon treat and let loose the elements likely to come to them. On the fifth ballot came I ANOTHER CRISIS, and ont which afterwards proved decisive When Michigan waa called the venerable William A. Howard, of Detroit, roae in hia plaoe and caat the whole twentytwo votes (4 tl,at fjtp,te for Rutherford B. Hayes. The efl'eot was electric all over the great hall. AN IMMENSE SnoU went up, men sprang to their feet by hun dreds, and for fujly five minqtes there was scarcely an intermission to the ire? mendous cheering. Had New York and Pennsylvania then done as they after ward did on the seventh ballot, the whole drift of the Southern vote would have turned toward Hsyes, and he would have been nominated by a large majority. The ballot proceeded quietly, however, until ; NORTH CAROLINA waa reached, when she threw twelve votes for Hayes, causing another prolonged out-hurst of enthusiasm. On this ballot Hayes's vote ran up to 104 and Blaine dropped o 286. The Blaine men were thoroughly alarmed, and their j anxiety was manifested, but they gathered all their forces for a last struggle and the uncertainty as to what Pennsylvania, New York and Indiana woujd do helped them especially with the Southern delegations. Accordingly on the tlXTH BALLOT Blaine gained considerably, and North Carolina evidently becoming alarmed bounced back again and threw to Blaine the twelve votes she had just cast for Hayes, Nevertheless MICHIGAN REMAINED FIRM, and Hayes's vote rose up to 113, while that of every iother candidate declined, except that of Blaine, whose aggregate now reached 308. On this ballot Pennsylvania cast 14 votes for Blaine,, instead of the forty claimed for him, thus almost precisely confirming the statements which have been made in these dispatches as to the number of Blaine votes in the delegation. The seventh ballot was tie historic one, arid its THRILLING SITUATIONS and Bcenea of enthusiasm can never be forgotten. At the beginning of the ballot the New Tork delegation filed out for consultation and the Blaine men construed this tp mean an accession to them of at leaat fifteen votes, Blaine gained from the start, Arkansas, Alahama and Georgia all largely increasing their votes for him; but a halt was given to the current in that direction when Indiana was called, and twenty of her thirty votes were thrown for Hayea. This announce ment waa greeted with another tremendous outburst, which fairly shook the building, MASSACHUSETTS followed with twenty for Hayes. Michigan stood firm, and Mississippi wheeled into line with her solid sixteen for HayeB. New York was called, and there were sixtyone for Hayes, and Pennsylvania chimed in with twentyeight for Ohio's candidate. The rao was now NICK AND NECK, for Blaine was gaining also, and the chances seemed to be about even aa to who would come in ahead on the home stretch. The excitement was immense, and the enthusiasm over the announcement of Hayes's gains was perfectly wild. Kentucky had already withdrawn her favorite son and cast her solid vote for Hayes, and the Bristow vote now went to him almost to a man. Soon it became evident that HATES WAS NOMINATED, and then what a scene I Men embraced each other with joy, and others rushed from the building to bear the news to friends, while the lightning also carried it to every part of the continent. THE VICE PRESIDENCY went to New York almost as a matter of course, and the delegation by ballot put forward William A. Wheeler as the man to sweep the Empire State with Hayes. Never did nominations give greater satisfaction than these. Among the hap piest men are the friends of the deteatea candidates. The TBIEilDS Or BLAINE are disappointed, yet rejoice that the action of the Convention has been so fortunate. They are also deeply gratified with the Bupport received by their candidate and the ovations given him. I heard orfe of the roost ardent of them Bay to night that Blaine would take the stump for HayeB. Fred Douglass, passing your correspondent, pressed hia had and ex pressed protouoa Bausiacuon wun me nominations. MURAT HAUTEAD, of the Commercial, is said to have indicated this evening that he would support Hayes. Your correspondent had a brief talk with CARL SCHURZ just before sending this dispatch. He did not say much as to the ticket, but expressed gratification with the results. He remarked that Governor Hayes had now great opportunitiea, particularly in the matter of civil service reform. GEORGE WILLIAM CDRTIS expressed himself this evening as exceedingly gratified with Hayes's nomination. He personally exerted himself to get Bristow men to go for Hayea after Bristow was withdrawn, and says he will do all in his power to elect the ticket. There is GENERAL REJOICING throuehout the citv to-night, and as I write the midnight air is vocal with songs and exultations. The Columbus Hayes Club leaves here in the morning, and will arrive in Columbus at noon. A band and citizens are to meet them at the depot. The Kentuoky delegation called at Ohio headquarters and congratulated the Ohio delegation this evening. It was a very pleasatt interchtuigo of courtesies. One llnmtrcd t.ttiict u uiiie. SpccliJ to the Ohio Slate Journal. Fremont, Ohio, June 16 The home of the neit president. One hundred guns are being fired. Bonfires and fireworks ore lighted, and the city is ablaze with excitement. A band is playing and speeches are being made. There iB great rejoicing and good feeling all around. X Columbus Voice from Ibe Mope. To Gen. James M. Comly, Ohio State Journal : San Francisco, June 16. Congratu lations. Republicans jubilant. Democrats disgusted with Hayes!s nomination Iba A. Hutchinson. intr. Speeches were made br H. M. Car, per, J. S. Jones, J. D. Vandeman and Dr. R. Hills. One hundred guns were fired in honor of the nomination of Hayes, and two bands of music and the voices of en thusiastic Republicans attested the delight ot the people. Reception or ibe Noralnailaa la 81. Aionis. St. Louis. June 16. The nomination of Hayes did not praduce much enthusi asm here, but there baa been steadily growing Bince its announcement an impression that the ticket is very strong, and will not only command the full Re publican vote, but will draw from the opposition: at least it will not be objection able to the Independents,and will no doubt be heartily supported by tbem. no puo-lic demonstration has been made, but pre liminary Bteps have been taken to organize a campaign club. The Globe-Demo crat, which has been strongly in favor of Blaine, calls the ticket a strong one, and refers to the record of Hayes in Ohio as an assurance that he will carry with him the Republican strength of the country. Xl.lVlb CouerreM Firm Session. Wasbinotov, June 16. S8HATB. Legislative busioess was suspended at 12:20, and consideration of the articles ot im peachment against W. W. Belknap was re sumed, this being the day fixed to hear any further answer to the articles ofimpeachment. Mr. Black, ot counsel for the accuBed, read a long paper declining to plead further, or the grouau that tne respondent haa aireaay been tubstantially acquitted, as the order of the Senate asserting jurisdiction waa not passed by a two-thirds vote. uounspi tor aeiense asKea mat me paper be filed, but objection was made by Mr. Edmunds, and also by the Managers. Pending discussion it was discovered a quorum was not present, and the Senate ad journed. H0U9B. The House went into committee of the Whole on the Armv Appropriation bill, Mr. Blackburn in the cbair. PIRNETTI. Ibe Sfurveloun Performances of Kuropenu Coujarer. Rntlflentlon Medina; In Cincinnati, To the Associated PreseO Cincinnati, June itf A grand ratification meeting was held to-night at Pike's Opera House. The committee of the Bristow Club of this city waited upon the Hayea committee, and invited them to take possession of the Opera House. The large hall waa filled to its uttnoBt capacity, and all the apeeehea made were received ' with the utmost enthusiasm. The meeting waa called to order by John Carlisle, who said that the Club, once known as the Bristow Club, but now the Hayes Club, had tendered the use of the hall for a grand ratification meeting. General Hawley, of Connecticut waa the next speaker. ' While paying glowing tributes to Blaine, Morton, UonKling and other candidates, and saying that he had worked from the hrst ballot tor tiristow, he expressed satisfaction with Governor Hayes, and copgralnlated the party in general on his nomination, and on ths platform adopted. He alao paid a high tribute to Mr. Wheeler. He predict.d that if the iasue waa to be hard or soft money, the Republicans would have a victory under Hayea. Theodore M. Pomeroy also addressed the meeting, giving a strong Indorsement to the ticket nominated. He felt sure that all who were not willing to trust the destinies of the country with the Democracy, would work shoulder to BhouMer, and that thp Republicans would rejoice in a sweeping victory in November, General John A- Harlan, or Kentucky, was the next speaker. He spoke in the same general vein as those who preceded him, and referred to the fact that a ratification meeting had been held at Bristow headquarters, Speeches were also made by Hon. William Orton, of New York, and Governor Howard, of Michigan. Notes AHer Ibe Convention. To the Associated Press. Cincinnati, June 16. Shortly after the nomination of Governor Hayes the Kentucky delegation received a telegram from Colonel Biiatow, as follows i BRISTOW'S DISPATCH. "I congratulate the Convention on its good work in nominating Governor Hayea, and I rejoice that my friends have helped to do it. You have secured victory for ua in November by giving ua a true man, for whom every Republican can vote.'1 KENTUCKY RATIFIES. Immediately after dark the delegation from Kentucky held an enthusiastic ratification meeting at their headquarters, at which speeches were made by Governor Howard, of Michigan, General Harlan and Colonel Goodloe, of Kentucky, Dr. James Freeman Clark, of Massachusetts, J, G. Moore, and others. RICHARD 8MITH TO BRISTOW. The following dispatch from Hon. Richard Smith to Mr. Bristow was sent upon the result of balloting for President Cincinnati, June 16,. Hon. B. H. BrUtow, Washington, D. C: You were not nominated, but your honored name, your grand achievement and patriotism of your friends saved the party and tbe country. Richard Smith, bqscoe conkling telegraphs to A. B. Cornell : "Have just heard of the nomination of Governor Hayes and deem it good and wise. wiBh I could make you snd all other friends know how deeply grateful I am for efforts in my behalf." Jubilation of Ibe Delaware People. Special to the Ohio Stat Journal. Delaware, June 16. A large ratification meeting was held here this even- Translated liom ths German for ths Donver News-1 About the beginning of the present cen tury a conjurer made his appearance at St. Petersburg; who astonished the na tives by his marvelous performances, rlis name was Pirnetti, and his fame is yet in the memory of those who witnessed his unrivaled talents. The Czar Alexander, having heard Piruetti much spoken of, waa desirous of seeing him, and one day it was announced to the conjurer that he would have the honor of giving a representation of his magical powers at Court, the hour fixed for him to make his appearance being 7 o'clock, A brilliant and numerous assembly of ladies and courtiera, presided over by the Czar, had met, but the con jurer waB absent, surprised and dis pleased, the Czar pulled out nis watcn, which indicated five minutes of seven. Pirnetti had not only failed in being in waiting, but bad caused the Court to wait, and Alexander was Dot more patient than Louis JIV. A quarter of an hour passed, half au hour, and no ftmetti. Messengers who had been sent in search of him returned unsuccessful. The anger of the Czar, with difficulty restrained, displayed itself in threatening exclamations. At lenelh. after the lapse of an hour, the door of the salon opened, and the gentle man of the chamber announced rirnetti who presented himself with a calm front ni-.tl iUu serenity of one who bad done nothing to reproach mmaelf with. Ihe Lzar, nowever, was greatly umpieaseu but Pirnetti assumed an air of astonishment, and replied with coolness: "Did not vour Majesty command my presence at seven o'clock preciBely?" ' iJUstsoi ' exclaimed tue wzar, at tne height of exasperation. "Well, then," said Pirnetti, "let your Majesty deign to look at your watch, and you will perceive that I am exact, and that it is just seven o cloctf.. The Cinr( pulling out hia watch violently, in order to confound what h econ-aidered a piece of downright insolence, was completely aniased. The watch marked seven o'clock I In turn all the courtiera drew out their watchea, which were found, as usual, exactly regulated by that of the Sovereign. Seven o'clock I indicated with a common accord by all the watchea and clocks in the palace. The art of the mag;?ian was at once manifest jn tlw r strange retrogression in the march of time. To anger succeeded as tonishment and admiration. Perceiving that the Czar smiled, Pirntt thus addressed him: "Your Majesty will pardon me. It was by the performance of this trick that 1 was desirous ot maSin my first appearance before vou. But ssnd roubles for last night, and a thou, sand for this day's visit." Pirnetti, in offering his thanks, was in terrupted by the tzar, who, with a thoughtful air, inquired of him, "Do you count on yet remaining some time in St. Petersburg?" "Sire," he replied, "I intend setting off tnis wees, unless your Majesty orders a prolongation oi my sojourn." "So," hastily replied the Czar, "it is not my intention to detain you, and moreover," he continued with a smile, "I should vainly endeavor to keep you against your will. You know how to leave St, Petersburg as easily as you found your way into this palace," "I could do so, sire," said Pirnetti; "but, far from wishing to leave St. Petersburg stealthily or mysteriously, I am desirous of quitting it in the most public manner possible, by giving to the inhabitants of your Capital a most striking example of my magical powers.11 Pirnetti could not leave like an ordinary individual; it was necessary that be Bhould crown his success in the Russian capital by something surpassing his previous efforts; therefore, on the evening preceding the day fixed for his departure, he announced that he ahould leave St. Petersburg the following day, at ten o'clock in the morning, and that he should quit by all the city galea at the same moment. Public curiosity was excited to the highest degree by the announcement, St. Petersburg at that time had fifteen gates, which were encompassed by a multitude eager to witness tbta marvelous departure. The spectators at these various gates all declared ths,t, at ten o'clock precisely, Pirnetti, whom they all perfectly reoognized, passed through. "He walked at a slow pace, with head erect, in order to be the better seen," they said, "and he bade us adieu in a clear end audible voice." These unanimous testimonies were confirmed by the written declaration of the officers placed at every gate to inspect the paasports of travelers. The inscription of Pirnetti's passports was inscribed in the fifteen gates, JAMES GORDON BENNETT. NEIL HOUSE DRY GOODS STORE ! Ladies are invited to call and examine the prices of the following goods : RIBBONS, alf Colors. EMBROIDERIES, fine Goods. LINENS, for Overdresses. GRENADINES, Silk and Wool. - We place on sale this Morning, a full line of NEW RIBBONS! At lower prices than we have ever known them to be before. ?! know how precious truth is at Court; it is at least necessary that your watch Bhall tell it you, sir. If you consult; H now, you will find that it marks the real time," The Caar again drew forth his watch it pointed to a few minutes past 8; the eauie reflection had taken place in all the watches of all those present, and the clocks of the palace. This exploit was followed by others equally amusing. At the close of the performance, the Czar, after haviog complimented Pirnetti, brought back to hia remembrance that, in the course of the eyenuig's amusemert, he had declared that such was the pow.r of his art that he could penetrate everywhere."Yes, Bire, everywhere," replied the conjurer, with modest assurance. "Wbat" exclaimed the Czar, "could you penetrate even into this palace where I do order all the doors to be cloaed and guarded 7" "Into this palace, sire, or even into tne apartment of your Majesty, quite as easily as I should enter my own house," said Pirnettj, "Well, then," said the Csar, "at midday to morrow I shall have ready in my closet the price of this evening's anjUiJ-ment one thousand roubles. Come and get them. Bui I forewarn you that the doors shall be closed and carefully guarded." "To-morrow at midday i snan nave tne honor of presenting myself hefore your Majesty," replied Pirnetti, who bowed and withdrew. The gentlemen of the houBe followed the conjurer to make sure that he quitted the palace; they accompanied him to his lodgings, and a number of police Bur-rounded the building frorp the moment he entered it. The palace was instantly closed, with positive orders not to Buffer, under any pretext whatever, any one to enter until the Czar himself should command the doors to be opened. These orders were Btrictly enforced, confidential persons having watched their execution. The exterior openings to the palace were guarded by the Boldiery. All the approaches to the palace were protected by high dignitaries, whom a single professor of the art of legerdemain possessed no means of bribing. In short, for greater security, all the keys had been carried into the Imperial cabinet. A few minnteB previous to the hour fixed for Pirnetti's interview with the Czar, the chamberlain on Bervice brought to Hia Maiestv a dispatch which a messenger had handed him through an opening in the door. It was a report from the Minister of Police that Pirnetti had not left home. "Aha I he has found out that the undertaking is impracticable, and has abandoned it," observed the Czar, with a smile. Twelve o'clock sounded. While the last atrnkn vet reverberated, the door which communicated from the bedroom of the Czar to the Cabinet opened, and Pirnetti appeared. The Czar drew back a couple of paces, his brow darkened, and, after a momentary silence, he said, "Are you aware that you may become a very dangerous individual ?" "Tfis, sire," he replied; "but I am only an humble conjurer, with no ambition save that of amusing your Majesty." "Here," sajd the Csar, "are the thou- A Few Points in Ills Character a a Journalist and a Young- Man of Pleasure He tan Euglueera 5iews paper aa Well as a Mustang- Cer, lain Popular Imnreasious Cor rected. New York Cor. Cinainnati Gacett. In one of your recent numbers a New York correspondent sends you some particulars concerning the New York Herald and its proprietor, Air. Bennett, which are so far inexact that it is but just to correct some of the misstatements. Your correspondent eaya : "Bennett is now eolely pur-auing pleasure. . . , The Herald establishment is connected with Bennett's Fifth avenue residence by telegraph, and he can communicate at any time, but the management of the paper is confided to his choice lieutenants." There iB more of the Bame kind, all tending to the im pression that Mr. Bennett is a mere fast man, pieasure-seeiter ana idler. Nothing oould be less true than this as those who know Mr. Bennett, or who know even superficially the management of the Herald, and of other enterprises in whioh he is engaged, can bear witness. It is quite true that he has a great, and for thia country an uncommon, fondness for out-door exercises. He excels in many. He is a first-rate yaphtsman, not a mere idler on the water, or inshore sailor, for he knows how to manage and sail his own vessel, and has pursued yachting in a manly way, by deep sea sailing. He iB an excellent horseman, and likes horses, and he has shown himself proficient in other muntv exercises, AU tu'S la true, and because it w true, and because he is, aa your correspondent says, a young man of wealth, people are apt to think mat fie is an idler, and fie, who is really a modest young fellow, altowa this to be thought without contradiction. But here are facts on the other side, which ought, in jjUBlice to Mr. Bennett, to be known to the general public. They are very well known to those who are acquainted with him. He waa regularly and thoroughly trained to all partB of the newspaper business; served a while during his father's life in the counting room ot the Herald, and ia as familiar with the business details of the paper as any publisher in New York, He knows the price I and quality of paper, type, and machinery; he buys his own paper and selects his own type, and he exercises a constant and careful supervision over the business details of hia newspapers, which he could not do unless he had had a previous and thorough training. Ihesameia trueot tbe editorial conduct and management, He was trained in the Herald editorial office under Mr. Hudson, and under the eye of the elder Bennett; and the testimony of all who have served under him, is that he profited by his training very ably. The management of the Herald ia entirely in hia bands. He plana its enterprises; he constantly direots its editorial courBe and policy, and he exercises a constant and careful sorutiny over all its departments. That is to Bay, the Herald iB conducted according to the will and directions of Mr. Bennett, and it expresses bis Ideas. That he avails himself of the assiatance of able men is to hia credit, and shows that he has a high order of ability himself. He is an excellent administrator, and knows not only how to seleot able men, but also how to nut them to the best use. The Herald ia, in all its parts, editorial and business, thoroughly organized; and Mr. Bennett ie fond of retainiag trusted men in hia service, and has the ability to make all the parts of the machinery pull together, It Is probably true that he has a telegraph wire from his office to his house, and so has every other editor in New York, as well as hundreds of business men. It ia true also that he does not spend all his time in his office. But none of the great editors, now dead, did so. All of them found it more useful to go out into ths world, and to get their grip of the public thought in the cluha or in legislative halls, or in public assemblies of various kinds. Thia oourpe Mr. Bennett pursues, and his paper hears tbe marks of Ills intercourse with men of brains. . Your correspondent gives the impression that Mr. Bennett is a man of small ability. The contrary is true; he has remarkable business qualities, and ia an extremely able newspaper editor and manager. Ho works rapidly, comprehends and decides quickly, and no matter where he may be, whether in New York, at Newport, or elsewhere, he has the habit of regular indtiBtry, and the ability to keep the reins In his own hands. It is needless to Bay that he is no idler, but that he leads an uncommonly busy life, in which he wisely avails himBelf of all the means which the telegraph and other appliances nowadays give a man of wealth to save himself time. Thus, when in town, he makes hia private rooms, at certain hours daily, his office, where he meets the heads and managers of the different parts of his paper ; receives their reports, and plans with them. If he is at Newport, the same course Is pursued, and even when in Europe he receives telegraphic reports, as well as constant written communications, and controls the Herald, no matter at what distance he may be from its othce. So much has been made by gnssipers of Mr. Bennett's devotion to horses and yachts that it is just that these facts con cerning him should be made known, and that he should receive the credit he deserves Sb a man of remarkable ability, of regular and constant industry, and a thorough mastery of all branches of his journal. Ladies who need FINE EMBROIDERIES, should examine our New Goods. They are handsome and just what the Ladies want. Our LINENS, for Overdresses, have been reduced in price, and Ladies will find among them some very choice and stylish goods, at prices that cannot fail to please. GRENADINES, in Plain, Plaid and Stripe, have been reduced in price to close them out. We offer unusual inducements in this class of Goods. KID GLOVES AT $1.00! We offer the best line of Kid Gloves in the city at $1 per pair. Splendid line of Thomson's Seamless, $1 per pair. Chossen's Undressed 2 Buttons, $1,00. Ladies will do well to call and examine the bargains at JAMES C. DUNN'S, NO. 6 NEIL HOUSE BLOCK. MARRIED. Psx LsoNABn By Hev. S. O. Bicker, at his residence, June 14, 1876, Mr. Robert H PsiE and Miss Alios S. Leosard, all of Mifflin township, Franklin county, O. Coal for the Public Schools Bids fur 30,000 Hiih1h Is,M ore or Ihh, Wanted. New Advertisements. OI.UMBCS ACADEMY OF MEDICINE. THERE WILL BE A SPE0TAL MEETING of the Academy of Medicine at the Board of Trade Rooms, On this (Saturday) Evening, To appoint delegates to the Ohio State Medical Society, which meets next Tuesday at Put-in-Bay. It J. B. THOMPSON, President. THE NORTH Ell BEER MM A. W. JAEGER, Proprietor. Fresb, Cool Beer. Wines, lee Cream. Sodn Wnler, Etc.. Ete. Three New Lady Waiters. GRAND CONCERTS Saturday and Sunday Evenings, Good music and good order. No improper characters admitted. It THE UNDERSIGNED COMMITTRS ON Supplies, invite bids in writinc, for the supply and delivery of 30,000 bushels of Coal to the various School Houses in the city of Columbus, by the First Day of Augnst Next. The coal to be weighed aud paid for at the rate of 8 pounds per bushel; to be of a good quality of screened, lump and out coal, tree trom slate ana sincx, ana suitaoie for stoves, hot-air furnaces and Bteam heating. AU coal to be weighed aud inspected under the supervision of the committee. 80 much as can be stored at the respective buildings, and balance at call. Security will be required for the performance of the contract. Bids may be indorsed and addressed to the committee through Postoffice on or he-fore the 1st of July, 1876, at 12 m. The number of sctiool house ana the amount of coal wanted, ran be ascertained at the Superintendent 8 ofhee. Bids must be for Hocking, Straitsville or Perry County conl. Committee reserve the rieht to reject any or all bids. O.ENGKRoPF, h. STKHKRT, ' J. H. NEIL, jeTO ltaw 4w Committee. Hamilton Avenue Improvement Price, Twentuflve Cents. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING NINETYHINTH EDITION.' SEALKD PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED at the office of the City Clerk of Columbus, Ohio, until Saturday.July 8. 1876,at 12 O'clock Noon. For materials to be furnished, and work to hfl done, as follows: 1. For grading the roadway of Hamilton avenue, from Broad to ...one street.' Said cradintr will amount to 1700 cubic yardd. mo.e or leas, and shall be bid for by the cubic yard. 2. For constructing a three-itch tile drain, to be laid not less than eight irjcheB deep, on enst side 01 Hamilton avenue, irom Loner to Broad Btreet. amounting to 1800 feet, more or leas. Shall be bid ton by the lineal toot, 3 For constructing the curbs on Hami'ton avenue, from Broad to Long street, and around the Park. Said curb will contain .-000 feet, more or less, aud ebll 1)6 bid for by the lineal foot. '4. For laying an Aaphalt parcment on Hamilton avenue, fr m Brod to Loag street. ; Said pavement will contain 4'AW square yards, more or less,and shall be bi I for by the 6quare vara. AU work to be done according to plans and specifications on tile in tun City Engineer's office, in Columbus, ObiO. Each bid must contain the full nameiof all the parties interested in ihe same, and shall be c ccoiupauicd with pood and sufficient security that it the bid is accepted"tlie! rOntract will be entered into nd the work faithfully performed. Tbe Commis ioners of said Hamilton avenue Improvpmtut reserve the right to reject any or all bids at their discre tion. Ky ordor of the Board. , jei7 eod td W. H. ALBRRY, Sec'y. Containing a complete IWt of ull thetowBB in the" United States, thu Territories and the Dominion of Ciumiift, liHviny a population greater thiiniiiooiiceoviiintf to (lio UiM eimsiiB, together with the names of the newpiiporr having the largest local circulation in ennh of the places name i. Also, a cKtttlouge of newniwporB which are recommended to n1 vert i Hers a giving greatest value in proport ion to prison charged. Alao, all newspapers in the United States and Canada printing over fiOOi) copies oach Whop. AIo, all the Religious, Agricultural, Scientific anil Mechanical, Medical, Masonic, ."uvenile, Educational, Commercial, Insurance, Kcal Rntate, Law, Sporting, Musical, Fashion, aud other fine cm! clasa journals; very complete MstH. Together with' a complete list of over 300 Germnu papers printed in uie United tftates. Also, an csHay upon advertising; many tables of rateH, showing the cost of advertising in various uewa-papersand evorythiiig which a hetfinner in advertising would like to know. Address GEO. P. HOWELL A CO., Bepl 1v 41 Park How. New York. Bishop DIED. Ei'RLY June 13, 1876, Rt 8 o'clock p. m., of rheumntism of Ihe heart, William W. Kbbhlv, nged nineteen jean, son of Isnncnnd Mary liberty. Funeral nervics from Ihe residence of his father, 80 East Friend street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dispstck copy. II.' YOU WANT LETTER-HEADS PRINTED UU AT THS STATE JOURNAL OFFICE Hellmuth Colleges London, Ontario, Hlimln, Affords the higheBt intellectual andChi istiaa education to the sons and dimghters ol gentlemen, at very modi-rate charges. Ihe Colleges are one mile part, and are both supplied with an ihle staff of experienced resident Kuropean teachers. HEIXMUTII 'OI.l.t.GE (BOYS.) HsiD Master Rev. CANON SWKATMAN, M. A, $'250 per annum, including all charges. ' HEI.I.MV'ril I. in KM' coi.mK. Principal Ituv. H.I''. 1)A RN'KLL, II. A. Reduction to Olemymon. Yearly Scholar- shins on very advantageous ternin. Term commences Sept I5tu next. je5 ltaw ly m FPTTlOATluN r'Ok fAI('N. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Governo- of the .state for the pardon of Mary Nelson (alias Hance), who was convicted of the crime of grand larceny, in the Court of Common Pleas of the 'county of Franklin, St.itn of Ohio, at the Febri ary (1874) tcim thereof, and sentenced to he imprisoned in the Penitentiary of the State lor the term of three years, where Bhe is now confined under said sentence. KZilA A. II ANCK. je6 3t ltftw s J. A.. HOllBK M.. Manufacturers and Denti rs In Italian wl Antrim Mmlilt, Scuteh (7m(c;im .Brown Stone MOXUMEXTU, 20 percent, cheaper tlmn can be hoilRhtot enlt No. 179 N. Illsrh Ht ., 'olunihn. l. AU Willi of BMdint Work done. pl edit am